I played it for a short time this morning, made a character, and got to the first area screen. My very early impressions are that it has a good interface and atmosphere, and is intriguing. I like the ambience in the game, the science fiction combined with fantasy feeling is very well realized. The interface shows a lot of polish, is well designed, and everything seems clearly labeled and user friendly, with good "information boxes" explaining things to the player. That is very important in a game like this, and it looks like they got the interface right. It also looks very pretty, and has eye pleasing little details and effects.
Regarding game play, it seems to be a "reader" for sure, where there is a lot of text. But in my brief time playing, the writing seems good, and that makes the reading much more bearable. Hopefully the writing will remain at a high level for the whole game. (note, I'm not saying it is Lord of the Rings , lol, just that for computer game writing, it is better than usual)
One thing that is a slight irritation that I noticed, the very first companions/party members have the annoying cliche where they are always arguing...to me, I don't like or want two party members who argue with each other constantly, that is a tiring shtick (its meant to be humorous in the game, I think) Of course that can be fixed by dropping one of them and replacing them with another party member further on in the game.
Overall, I would say my very early impressions are highly favorable, and I'm looking forward to exploring the game!
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